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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Protocol - Intervention

Inhaled corticosteroids in children with persistent asthma: effects on growth

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

To assess the impact of inhaled corticosteroids on the linear growth of children with  persistent asthma and explore determinants of suppression such as treatment (drug, dose, length of exposure, inhalation device) and child (age, disease severity, adherence to treatment) characteristics.